Middle School Matters

MSM 529: They’re Decorating the Hall, But We’re Decorating Our Brains! Summary: Shawn and Troy talk real-world connections, books, vacation plans, teaching strategies and more. Dave goes Graphic (Novels that is). Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) K12Science Podcast: Graphic Novels http://k12science.net/graphic-novels/ Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Pretesting https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxap0000345 https://www.thoughtco.com/importance-and-uses-of-pretests-7674 Resources: The Birthday Problem https://nowiknow.com/the-birthday-problem/ Common Language (Other than English or Spanish) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/VC_US_CommonLanguagesV9.jpg https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-common-language-spoken-in-the-u-s-map/ Slang of the Week Yassification: W